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Re:Test drive of a petrol car by hahainternet on Monday May 04, 2015 @10:25AM (#9486284)
> Is this what passes for clever? It's hardly a "tech" article, that's for sure.

I read it with a smirk, I thought it was a nicely done parody. In a few decades when your average 25 year old has never known a petrol driven car (yes yes this might not happen) it is a believable experience.

Re:Test drive of a petrol car by mikeash on Monday May 04, 2015 @10:49AM (#9486455)
Is it even a parody? It's written from the perspective of somebody who doesn't yet exist: a person who has only known electric cars for their whole life. But aside from that, it does a pretty good job of imagining what that person would think the first time they're exposed to a "normal" car.
Re:Test drive of a petrol car by hahainternet on Monday May 04, 2015 @01:44PM (#9487710)
It's both parody and satire isn't it really. It's a deliberately absurd take on a car review so I feel both are appropriate.